Follow the G up...?
Hi -
Rather than try to track down a picture of that early Zephyr, I was wondering if you could figure it out.
The G key goes way up high to near the top of the horn to 'interface' with the octave mechanism and enable the automatic switching between the two octave holes.
If you hold the Octave key down and then press the G key, you should see the neck octave close and the side octave open. If the neck octave is closing when you press the G, that part of the mechanism is working. It may be as simple as the body octave pad is stuck to the octave pip and just needs a nudge to release.
Lots of the time, the top of the G key is directly (or indirectly) holding down the side octave vent until the G is pressed.
I've got a much later model Zephyr and the side octave pip is right above and to the left of the Hi E key. But yours being a much earlier vintage it may be located elsewhere.
Hi -
Rather than try to track down a picture of that early Zephyr, I was wondering if you could figure it out.
The G key goes way up high to near the top of the horn to 'interface' with the octave mechanism and enable the automatic switching between the two octave holes.
If you hold the Octave key down and then press the G key, you should see the neck octave close and the side octave open. If the neck octave is closing when you press the G, that part of the mechanism is working. It may be as simple as the body octave pad is stuck to the octave pip and just needs a nudge to release.
Lots of the time, the top of the G key is directly (or indirectly) holding down the side octave vent until the G is pressed.
I've got a much later model Zephyr and the side octave pip is right above and to the left of the Hi E key. But yours being a much earlier vintage it may be located elsewhere.